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` s. n. WHEELER AND WILLIAM TU'rrLE, JR., 0F DOWAGIC. MICHIGAN Leumpaenuva. @Ledesma February s, 1867.

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T0 ALL W'HOM IT MAY- CONCERN: i

Be it known that S. H. WnnELnn and WILLIAM Turns, Jr., of Dowagac, in the countyot` Gass,-a.nd in theState of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Grain Drills,` and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,- and exact descriptionfthereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the' ,anne'xod drawings, making part of Vthis specication=- I l Y v A represents the frame of the machine,lconsisting simply of two side and two ends pieces securedrmly together, the side' pieces being connected' or provided near their forward ends by meansof an additional cross-` piece or bar, a.` This frame is supported upon the axle of the machine. b 6' represent Vthe two portions of the axle, said axle being divided at its centre cndvhaving bearings at the inner ends of the two" parts in' the divisionboard y. C represents the wheels, which are secured permanently onthe outer ends of thepartsof the axle, and which serve tosupport and cari-y the machine. The -axles are provided with pins, z 2:,for agita ting the grain in the hopper and preventing: itl from' Aclogging and not owing regularlyjtothe seed openings in` the `bottom of thehopper.l `l) represents the grain-hopper,` which, as usual, lies' crosswisc of themachine, said' y hopper' being constructed in any of the known and usual ways, with seeiopeningsin its bottom at suitable distances spart, which" said openings are 'opened .or ciosed orregulated by means of a slide suitably locatedl y uw. either above or beneath them.. E Ilrepresent the discharge spente, which are connected to the".under side of the hopper for receiving and conveying down.the grain as it falls from the hopper. These spontsare not al1 v securedonat the sme'angle. The'gmouth offene sits forward of a'vertice-lIlihe'through` the-shaftbrraxlqand the next one to-it back of said line, and so alternatingl thronghout. I I represent the` shoes, which are made of. metal, and roundingon their under sides lfrom their points totheir heels. These shoesmay b e .made by taking two plates of metal in -the shape represented, securing them together at their curvededges, and leaving p them open at top and rear end. 4small spout, g, is secured uponV cach shoe to reoeivetho grain from the dis ,u charge spouts. represent chains, which are 'secured' to the heels of the shoes,and .which drag on the p lground 'after the said shoes fgr th'epnrpose of covering the grain after it falls in to the furrow 'mndcfby the shoe. The shoes are connected together 'in pairs by means of the draught-frame F, composed of the rodsfww and cross-bar n. The frames Fare secured, some to the forward frame-piece a, andsome to the cross-piecea, in v' -such a manner that one of the shoes' oi' Vone of v,the frames runs/between .those of ,the next frame to it. As the* draught-bars w w are of the same length, and-one of the frames composed of these barsis secured further for` ward on the frame than the next one to it, 'it willbe seen that the vshoes are not inline, but, that euch alternate shoe is-some inches in rear of n line. drawn acrossthe points-of 4the foremost en csw By thisjarrangem'ent of i having thep'oints-of someof the shoes 'back of thoseoi the others, there is less liability of their catching f grass and Weeds'or trash -of any' kind, and thus clogging.' .The frames F F are hinged to the frame A, so that they rise and fall to suit the inequalities of the ground, and to enable them to readily pass over obstacles. As `the machine moves forward the shoes drag in the ground and open n. furrow, while the `seed falling into said f furrows, at their rear ends, are covered npby means of the chains m m", which, les before stated, drag upon the ground after the shoes.l `By dividing the axle, it will be seen that the momentary stoppage of one of the wheels, fop any'cnse, does not stop the revolving of the other Vend of the axle with its stil-ters, and thereby prevent the proper discharge of theg'rain. i y y p f f Having `thus fu'lly described our invention, whatwe claim as new, .and desii'e to secure by Letters `Patent, is-f 1. The arrangement of the divided axle, with the seed-.box,dischargc spouts E E, and shoes I I, the severall f. parts being constructed in the manner and 4used fol-the purpose specified. 2. The arrangement of the frames F F, provided with theshoes II, in such a manner that thesaid shoes shall run substantially in the relative position to each other herein described, for the purpose set forth. 3. The arrangement of the chains`m m, with the `shoes II, as and for the purpose herein specified. i; In testimony that We' claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 7th day of November, 1 866.

i St H. WHEELER, A

4WILLIAM TUTTLE, Jn;

Witnesses:

W. A. Srow,

H. B. Dessus. 

